I Tried To Die Young chords by Melanie

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Verse 1
D 
Em 
G 
D 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (G major) I  (D major) tried to die young
Em 
Really  (E minor) I tried
G 
 (G major) But the voice deep inside
D 
 (D major) would not let me succumb
Bm 
A 
G 
I  (B minor) laugh  (A major) at the things I ve done  (G major) 
A 
D 
When I  (A major) tried to die  (D major) young

Verse 2
D 
I took  (D major) a plane through the dawn
Bm 
Threw my (B minor) self on the tracks
G 
But the  (G major) train didn t come and
A 
I  (A major) had to walk back
D 
I jumped  (D major) into the whirlpool
Bm 
thought  (B minor) I   get sucked in
G 
I just kept  (G major) spinning around
A 
D 
til I  (A major) learned how to swim  (D major) 

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Verse 3

I tried to die young

Boy, did I tried

But the voice deep inside

would not let me succumb

And I laugh at the things that I ve done

When I tried to die young

Verse 4
D 
My  (D major) heart kept on breaking
Bm 
And the  (B minor) crack sought the edge
G 
Where  (G major) the hand of a shadow grabbed
A 
the  (A major) hand in my head
D 
There where  (D major) demons, I know them
Bm 
And  (B minor) they still come by
G 
A 
But  (G major) we ve become friends, my  (A major) demons and I

Verse 5
D 
I  (D major) tried to die young
Em 
 (E minor) Really I tried
G 
But the  (G major) voice deep inside
D 
would not  (D major) let me succumb
Bm 
A 
G 
And I  (B minor) laugh at the thing (A major) s that I ve done  (G major) 
A 
D 
When I  (A major) tried to die young (D major) 

Verse 6
Bm 
F#m 
G 
A 
I took a  (B minor) razor to the wrist  (F sharp minor)  (G major) of reality  (A major) 
Bm 
D 
A 
Hell  (B minor) bent on my way  (D major) toward  (A major) futility
Bm 
F#m 
I got a  (B minor) reason to believe  (F sharp minor) that
G 
A 
it won t  (G major) go on forever (A major) 
G 
But  (G major) reason to the heart is a
A 
 (A major) message undelivered

Verse 7
D 
I tried to die  (D major) young
Em 
G 
D 
Am 
Really, really I  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (A minor) tried
D 
But the voice deep  (D major) inside would
not let me succumb
Em 
And I laugh at the  (E minor) things I ve done
G 
D 
Am 
When I  (G major) tried to die young  (D major)  (A minor) 

Verse 8
D 
Now  (D major) I  m the old girl I never
Bm 
 (B minor) thought I d become
G 
F#m 
Does it  (G major) get any better asks  (F sharp minor) 
A 
the little  (A major) girl in my song
D 
Em 
 (D major) I m still learning the answers so I make  (E minor) up  things,
you see
She laughs,
G 
A 
 (G major) you re still the same and you  (A major) never kill me

Verse 9
D 
I  (D major) tried to die young
Em 
Really  (E minor) I tried
G 
But the  (G major) voice deep inside
D 
would not  (D major) let me succumb
Bm 
A 
G 
And I  (B minor) laugh at  (A major) the things I ve  (G major) done
A 
When I  (A major) tried to die young

Verse 10
D 
Em 
Oh, I  (D major) laugh at the things I ve done  (E minor) 
G 
D 
Oh, I  (G major) laugh at the thing (D major) s  I ve done
Am 
D 
Em 
I  (A minor)  (D major) laugh  (E minor) 
at the things I ve done
G 
When I tried  (G major) to die young
D 
C 
Am 
 (D major)  (C major)  (A minor) 